Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called on the Senate to pass a disaster aid package before the Memorial Day recess
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called on the Senate Tuesday to pass a disaster aid package before the Memorial Day recess.
“We need to get this done,” McConnell said at a press conference. “We need to pass it out of the Senate before the Memorial Day recess. That is my hope — that Sen. [Richard] Shelby, Sen. [Patrick] Leahy, the administration and others will be able to come together to deal with this disaster like we have others. There’s no excuse to politicize this situation.
Shelby , chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Leahy , ranking Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, appeared optimistic last week that they were nearing a deal to unlock more than $17 billion in assistance to communities hit by hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes and extreme flooding.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer blamed Trump Tuesday for the delay in reaching a disaster deal. “It was all on the road to being solved when President Trump came in and said ‘don’t give aid to Puerto Rico’ and our Republican friends bowed down,” he said. “Stop the politics, treat everyone equally and the bill will pass like a hot knife through butter.”
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